My little sister saw this film with a friend and finally I rented it so we could watch it together.
I think Angry Birds create mixed feelings in Finnish people. On the other hand they are getting bored with it but on the other it's one of our best selling things right now it seems.
The Angry Birds movie is so much fun. Of course there are some crude jokes, but that's typical to any kind of movie. I think having an American (I'm assuming) screenwriter affects the movie a lot. It makes it easier to gain a larger audience world wide.
I'm astonished by the English-speaking cast. First of all, Jason Sudeikis as the lead, Peter Dinklage as the Mighty Eagle and Sean Penn as the big guy who basically doesn't even say anything? The cast speaks what kind of a big deal this movie was to make.
Very funny movie, but of course very typical plot-wise. But that's how it is with most animated mainstream children's movies.
21.3. We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011) - 6 / 10
I've been hearing a lot about this movie. Apparently it's excellent, but also very intense and agonising. But all that hype made me kind of disappointed. I expected something more cathartic, something more.
The biggest problem lies in the combination of non-chronological story telling and the auditory side of the movie. It makes the whole movie feel like several dream sequences. It made me think what part of this is happening for real and what isn't. That doesn't seem like the right feeling this movie should give out to the viewer.
Non-chronological story telling can be tricky, but on the other hand it's one of the best things about this movie. There were several scenes that made no sense, when you tried to understand when it was happening, until the very end, when it all clicks into place. Of course I could've just paid attention to Eva's hairstyle, but that's not always the first thing in my mind.
This is a dark, intense movie, but in my opinion something was missing. Also it may just require viewing it another time. Still I kept expecting something different and something better.
27.3. 127 Hours (2010) - 6 / 10
127 Hours is an interesting movie because its strengths can also be its weaknesses. It's slow, not much happens and it is weirdly surreal. It depends on the audience how it's received.
I actually thought this movie would rely more heavily on flashbacks than the actual situation the main character is in. It's better this way.
While the cinematography and soundtrack are amazing, this movie still feels a bit weird because of how slow it is. It's very thrilling, very agonising, and it's pace makes it even worse - which makes it of course better.
28.3. Cooties (2014) - 8 / 10
I rented this movie because it seemed like it would be hilarious and thrilling at the same time - and it was.
The setting of the movie is brilliant. There's always something creepy about zombie children. Yes, all zombies or infected or whatever is your preferred term for these horrifying creatures, are of course terrifying, but the children are even more so. It's like when children are singing in horror movies it's million times creepier. When ghosts are children, they are creepier. When any kind of monster in a horror movie is a kid, it's always like... yikes.
The main characters are such a strange bunch, it's a delight. They are all such stereotypical teachers. There's that cheerful, happy teacher, grumpy coach, different kind of creepy teachers and that one sub who asks students to call him by his real name. They make a weird team of survivors, and they are freaking hilarious. Most of the humour comes from their archetypes, and of course the dialogue is amazing. It most often is in actually funny horror comedies.
Cooties is funny and thrilling while it's also wonderfully disgusting. Also if the beginning of this movie won't make you a vegetarian, then nothing will.
31.1. Eragon (2006) - 2 / 10
Everyone said not to watch this because it's bad, and guess what, they were right. And it's not as if the story itself is somehow really bad, it just feels empty and hollow. It info-dumps the lore on you in the beginning and then you're just going to have to remember and understand it. If you want to understand, you clearly need to read the book, but everyone who has read the book says the movie is so awful compared to that.
It's hard to be invested in the characters or the story when you're not exactly sure what is going on, and at the end, what was even achieved?
31.1. Eragon (2006) - 2 / 10
Everyone said not to watch this because it's bad, and guess what, they were right. And it's not as if the story itself is somehow really bad, it just feels empty and hollow. It info-dumps the lore on you in the beginning and then you're just going to have to remember and understand it. If you want to understand, you clearly need to read the book, but everyone who has read the book says the movie is so awful compared to that.
It's hard to be invested in the characters or the story when you're not exactly sure what is going on, and at the end, what was even achieved?
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